Epson wins platinum sustainability rating

Epson’s sustainability and global corporate social responsibility efforts have earned it a new platinum rating from EcoVadis putting the manufacturer in the top one per cent of companies in the industry.

Epson has received a gold rating for the previous three years so this most recent accolade takes this rating even higher.

The EcoVadis assessment focuses on four themes: the environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.

Epson received an ‘outstanding’, the highest score, as well as high scores for sustainable procurement, labour and human rights, and ethics, putting it in the top one per cent in the computer and peripherals manufacturing industry.

Epson global president Mr Yasunori Ogawa

“Sustainability is a core management strategy for Epson, so the fact that we received a Platinum rating after three consecutive years of Gold ratings is an honour and has tremendous value,” Epson President Yasunori Ogawa said.

“As stated in the Epson Group’s Management Philosophy, our goal is to make Epson an indispensable company for our customers and society and we believe that actions that demonstrate good governance and social responsibility across our supply chain are essential elements for achieving this goal.

“The whole group will work together to further advance the technologies that will make our products and services more efficient, compact, and precise so that we may contribute to solutions to societal issues across Epson’s value chain and help to realise a sustainable world.”

EcoVadis provides an independent, trusted, common platform for evaluating and rating more than 65,000 groups and companies across 200 industries in 160 countries using CSR assessment criteria that are based on the sustainability standards of thousands of external sources such as NGOs, labour unions, international organisations, local governments, and auditing organisations.

Epson has identified six materialities, including “advancing the frontiers of industry” and “achieving sustainability in a circular economy,” and is currently working to deliver products and services that contribute to social sustainability.

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